EP 149 - Samurai

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The man entered the school with a knife. What happened? The country of Japan had long been known as having a very low crime rate, with mass murders being extremely rare. Schools had always been safe, but that all changed in the summer of 2001. Hosted by - Ana Thomas (a teacher from Australia) Disclaimer - Tyler Allen at the Minds of Madness Podcast - https://mindsofmadnesspodcast.com/ Send voice mail - https://anchor.fm/applefortheteacherpod/message Email - [email protected] Twitter - https://twitter.com/AppleforTeacher Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/apple_for_the_teacher_podcast/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/applefortheteacherpodcast Sources -  http://archive.boston.com/news/world/articles/2004/12/25/in_japan_an_execution_is_underscored_by_secrecy/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jun-12-mn-9408-story.html https://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0007470895 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka_school_massacre https://web.archive.org/web/20010616111251/http://www.time.com/time/asia/news/magazine/0,9754,129949,00.html http://asia.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/east/06/08/japan.stabbing.04/ https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14368163 https://billingsgazette.com/news/world/families-hold-funerals-for-children-killed-in-japan-school-massacre/article_bde47d3d-39f2-5d9a-9c35-d96d65d95bf4.html https://medium.com/the-true-crime-edition/he-stabbed-21-elementary-kids-and-2-teachers-in-minutes-95ded5b757f5 https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/01/world/japanese-children-get-scary-lessons-in-fighting-violence.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamoru_Takuma https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/jun/09/japan.justinmccurry https://murderpedia.org/male.T/t/takuma-mamoru.htm

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